Electric fireplace.



A. D. RATHBONE.

BLEGTRIG PIREPLAGE. APPLIOATION FILED 1153.4, 190e.

Patented 001;.27, 1908.

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ALFRED D. RTHBNE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MlCHlGnN.

ELEGTRIC FIREPLAGE.

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Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Application filed February 4, 1908. Serial No. lillll.

lfo. all 'whom it may concern:

l 4Be itknown that I, ALFRED D. RATHBONE, a citizen olf-the United States of America, residing at Grond Rapids, in the county oi lient sindState of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Fireplaces; und l do hereby declare theiollowing to be e iull, clear, end exe-ct description oit the invention, such :is Will enable i others skilled in the art to which itapperteins to make and use the saine.

My inrention relates to iniprovenients in electric lire places, end its object is to provide a. device'adapted to close the front'ot' the l usual form of e. grateor fireplace7 to prei ide Ineens-'for supporting and properly utilizing electric heaters in place of ythe usual iuel., and to pro'-.fide the dei ice nith lvarious nenv und useful features hereinafter more fully dcyscribed :ind-particularly pointed out inthe Vj supporting;` the heaters within the seine and a readily detachable hase or crown portion to said deiice ii'l'ierebyv access is cosi y lied to the heater sockets for the purpose oi wiring or adjusting the saine, as will more iullj,r

'q appesibyreierence to the -eccoinpanying drawings, in which:

Figure l -is e front elevation oi a device embodying iiiyv invention; Fig. 2, e vertical sectionof the saine on the line 2.-'2 oi Fig. l g Fig. 3, e horizontal section of the saine on the .line 3-3 of Figs. l and 2; Fig. 1i, a detail in front elevation; and Fig. 5, e detail in `vertical section on the line 5 5 of Fig. l.

Like numbers-refer to like ports in ell of the figures.

lThe upper pert oi the panel consists of a transverse and forwardly projecting head l rolonffcd downward et each side lo Y ilas ters 2 secured thereto at their upper ends by overlapping extensions 'lo and bolts 7. 3

represents a detachable base or crown nieinbcr extending across between the louer ends oiithe pilasters 2 and detacliably sccured thereto bg ineens of hooks 9 on the bese. engaging oks 10 on the pilastersl These described parts et their margins are oi" dimensions to `fit the ope-ning oi' an ordinary fireplace or grote and surround iikn opening l Ll. In an electric fireplace, e forwardly prok back of which andclosing the saine is a detecliable reflector attached oy bolts 8 tending through allonge l5 on the `reilcctor and through the heed l and j )ilasters .2.

,This icllcctor lies concave margins sind series of vertically extended concs-re portions 5 near the ai 's of each of' which hitter is errangedcn electric heater (not shown). At the bottoni oil' this reilcctor is` e. lorwerdly extended.portion 17 through openings in which project sockets for receiving` and supportingV the electric heaters. To ad just the heaters properly in iront of the respectiie conca ves 5, the sockets 6 are niounted on e. lier ll supported upon brackets l2, which lutter extend forward and upward, ond are edjustahly secured to downwardly iirojeciingr lugs 13 beneath the front e ige oi the portion i7, hy ineens of bolts lei extending through tert-ical slots in brackets lf2. A flange 18 on the rear oi the bese 8, closes the space between the seine ond the lower edgel oil the reflector.

ilVliat l claiiin is:

1. fin electric iirepleee, comprising a for Wardly projecting head, a pilaster extending downward at erich side, a detachable hase, the seine vforming :i structure surrounding a central opening and adopted in outline to iit the opening oi en ordinary grate or fireplace, a conceive reiiector at the reci' of seid opening and closing the seine, ind Ineens for siipporting one or niore electric heaters in iront j oi' said rellectoi and within said opening.

2. ln an electric fireplace, a structure adapted to Ylit ivitliiiitlie opening' ol. an ordi- 'nairy iireplacc'oi' grate and having 'a central.

opening,- a rellcctor attached thereto end closing said opening, said reflector having concave :margins and e series ol concave ren cesses, and ineans iorsiipporting anclectric heater in viront of each of seid recesses end in the exis thereof.

3. ln on electric fireplace e. structure edapted to lit within theopening-ol an ordinery iireplace or grate, zind having a central opening, a detachable lease henef'ith seid opening,

a concave rellector haelt of s .id opening` end having e forwardly projectii g lower :margin provided with one or niore ppeningsa her supported oeloiv said niergii, and sockets supported on the her and projecting through said openings, sind also adapted to receive and .support electric heaters.

lili) jecting head, a pilaster at each side and :ittached to the heard, a base connecting the lower ends of the pilasters, hooks on the pilasters7 hooks on the base engaging the lirst named hooks, a reliector having Atorwardly projecting margins attached to the head and pilasters, and also having a l'oij- Wardly projecting lower margin provided with openings, a bar beneath said openings, brackets sup orting the bar and adiu'stably attached to ugs on the said lower margin, and sockets supported on the bar and projecting 'through seid openings, and also adapted to receive and support elcetiic heaters.

5. An electric lireplaee, Acomprising a rel'lector having concave margins and a Series oln concave recesses, the lower margin olI the Same having a Series ot openings, downwardly projecting lugs on the said lower margins, a ber beneath said openings, brackets Supporting the bar and extending l'orward and upward therefrom, said upward portions engaging the lugs and provided with vertical slots, and screws inserted in Lsaid slots,` and in the lugs.

An electric hre-place, comprising a lor- 4 wardly projecting head, a forwardly projecting base, pilasters connecting the head and base and dci/:reliably connected to the basey a relleetor having concave margins attael'red to the head and pilaelers, and also havinga series et' concave reresrses, a torwardl)T extended bottom portion on the relle'etor and 'having a series ol openings opposite the respective concave reeesses, lugs on the lower edge oll the retl etor, brackets adjuetably attaehed to the lugs, a bar supported by the brackets, and .Sockets supported on the bar and extending through the said openings in the reflectors.

ln testimony whereof l allixY my Signa-ture m present-e of two witnesses.

ALFRED ,Di ltATll BOXE. Witnesses:

GEORGIANA Gruen, .ln'rnna V. MoifixroN. 

